Shortages of aircraft and pilots are often cited, but a lack of leadership and misunderstanding of how best to employ air power were the root causes.
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Schuyler Hamilton, Scion of American Heroes, Is a Civil War ‘What If’
Alexander Hamilton’s grandson was born to be a great general, but illness intervened
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Explore Antietam: A Bucolic Setting for a Bloody Day
A few of our favorite locations on the war’s most gory single-day battlefield.
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How Civil War Weather Forecasting Changed Future Conflicts
Surgeons kept temperature, pressure, wind speed, and humidity records—but they didn’t know what to do with the data
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A Virginia Slave Schooled in Scotland Made a Bravehearted Bid for His Freedom
Jamie Montgomery failed, but his case set a precedent that ended chattel bondage in Scotland 12 years later.
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George Custer and the ‘Other’ 7th Cavalry
Before George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry made its mark out West, the 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was busy battling Plains Indians.
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Death and Honor on Bloody Island
This onetime sandbar in the Mississippi River off St. Louis was the scene of duels between “gentlemen.”
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The Complex Legacy of Appomattox
The surrender at Appomattox Court House has been remembered—and misremembered—from the day the Army of Northern Virginia laid down its arms.
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‘Tough Invasion. Tough Fight’: WWII Vet Recalls Peleliu and Okinawa Campaigns
In December of 1943 Anthony “Tony” Procassini was a few credit hours short of […]
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Burgoyne’s Big Fail
In 1777 a British general known as “Gentleman Johnny” sold the king on an audacious plan to end the American Revolution.